Behavioral Sciences
February 14, 2022
Aleeze Sattar Moss, Diane K. Reibel, Nancy Wintering et al.
There is a growing interest in the potential beneficial effects of mindfulness meditation training in protecting against age-related physical, emotional, and cognitive decline. The current prospective, single-center, single-arm study investigated if functional magnetic resonance imaging-based changes in cerebral blood flow and brain functional connectivity could be observed in 11 elderly adults...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
February 4, 2022
Amal A Alghamdi, Nora O Alafif, Ahmed S BaHammam et al.
Purpose: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic quarantine, university students were under various types of stressors, including the exams period, which might have affected their quality and quantity of sleep, and consequently, their quality of life. This study aimed to investigate the pattern and predictors of nightmares among university students and coinvestigate the presence...
Personality and Individual Differences
February 4, 2022
Jenna M Wilson, Carin A Colebaugh, K Mikayla Flowers et al.
Although an inverse relation between social support and psychological distress among chronic pain patients has been previously reported, little is known about what mediates this association. We examined mindfulness as a mediator of the relationship between social support and psychological distress. In this cross-sectional study, chronic pain patients (N=94) completed assessments of social...
Frontiers in Public Health
January 25, 2022
Jinlong Wu, Yudan Ma, Yifan Zuo et al.
Background: Studies have acknowledged that mindfulness exercise guided by a smartphone app has a positive impact on mental health and physical health. However, mindfulness guided by a smartphone app on mental health is still in its infancy stage. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis evaluating the effect of mindfulness intervention guided by a smartphone app on negative emotions and stress...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
January 22, 2022
Do-Young Kim, Soo-Hwa Hong, Seung-Hyeon Jang et al.
Meditation has been increasingly adapted for healthy populations and participants with diseases. Its beneficial effects are still challenging to determine due to the heterogeneity and methodological obstacles regarding medical applications. This study aimed to integrate the features of therapeutic meditation in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). We conducted a systematic review of RCTs with...
Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health
January 19, 2022
Nibedita Dalpati, Subhashree Jena, Shikha Jain et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has negatively impacted the global healthcare and economic systems worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic has also created an emotional and psychological pandemic among people of all ages irrespective of economic status and physical wellbeing. As a consequence of prolonged lockdowns, one of the most...
Pharmacopsychiatry
January 19, 2022
Hitoshi Sakurai, Kengo Yonezawa, Hideaki Tani et al.
35 citations
Abstract Introduction There is an imminent need for faster-acting and more effective antidepressants beyond the monoaminergic hypothesis. Methods We systematically searched the US Clinical Trials registry for antidepressant compounds with completed phase II and III trials. Compounds that demonstrated significant superiority over placebo in the primary outcome measure in the latest phase of...
Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology
January 2022
Angeliki Bogosian, Catherine S. Hurt, John V Hindle et al.
Mindfulness-based group therapy is a rapidly growing psychological approach that can potentially help people adjust to chronic illness and manage unpleasant symptoms. Emerging evidence suggests that mindfulness-based interventions may benefit people with Parkinson's. The objective of the paper is to examine the appropriateness, feasibility, and potential cost-effectiveness of an online...
Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science
2022
Andreea L Seritan, Ana-Maria Iosif, Prarthana Prakash et al.
Anxiety and depression are common non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). Caregivers of people with PD may experience severe caregiver burden. This study explored the feasibility and potential benefits of an online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) intervention for improving anxiety and depressive symptoms in people with PD and their caregivers (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04469049,...
Mindfulness
2022
Resh S Gupta, Autumn Kujawa, David M. Fresco et al.
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) can reduce anxiety and depression symptoms in adults with anxiety disorders, and changes in threat-related attentional bias may be a key mechanism driving the intervention's effects on anxiety symptoms. Event-related potentials (ERPs) can illuminate the physiological mechanism through which MBCT targets threat bias and reduces symptoms of anxiety. This...